#except for the harumi stuff but that’s literally it

[dumblucksers]

i finally finished crystallized

ngl everyone was being extremely overdramatic the ending was fine, the only things that bothered me were harumi and Lloyd’s oni form but other than that it’s fine

[kindaasrikal]

Things the ninja fear, except they make zero sense:

Kai: I refuse to forget he’s afraid of elves. It’s a good thing Christmas doesn’t exist for them, he would NOT survive the groups of little kids dressing up as elves for it.

Zane: uneven floor tiles. They literally had one job and now he feels like pulling them out of the ground and putting them back in an organised pattern that fits. He has done this once before at the monastery at 5am and Wu had to, for the first time ever, hit him with his stick and tell him to go to bed.

Lloyd: Bunnies. Specifically ones with white fur and red eyes. It reminds him of Harumi and Garmadon a tad too much. And Akita. Every time it reminds him of Akita he actually just turns super depressed until he sees the red eyes and screeches onto the ceiling spider-man style.

Cole: bleach. He drank it as a kid, got caught, and was rushed to the hospital. He didn’t understand what was so serious but all the panic made him terrified of bleach, and most cleaning products that aren’t used for hygiene.

Nya: the colour yellow. Ironic, isn’t it?

(She once was in a house that was fully yellow as a child and couldn’t tell up from down and ended up sobbing like a baby. Kai had to sell all of the fully yellow things in their house.)

Jay: crocodile’s. He had a dream when he was younger about a crocodile in his parent’s bed eating them under the blanket and he never got over it. Best part was that it wasn’t gory or detailed or anything, it more cartoony of a dream, but nevertheless he has had a vendetta against crocodiles from that day on.

Edit: Bonus+

Morro: flowers. As a child Wu read him a story about an evil flower that first started the fear, yet when he left the monastery he was no longer afraid. It was during his travels to find out how to become the green ninja that the fear sprouted again. Due to multiple events. He once ate a poisonous flower. He once came across a corrupted flower that was bigger than a mountain and liked to eat stuff. He once came across a cemetery covered in deadly flowers. He once got force fed incredibly sweet flowers. And he once had someone give him a bouquet of flowers, except that person had no idea that this flower can give some people severe allergic reactions. Yeah. He is terrified when he’s near flowers. He likes those really small ones that grow on the ground though if that helps.

Garmadon: the light. He hisses like a vampire when too much light hits either his skin or eyes.

Wu: pitch black darkness. Best believe you’ll find him half transformed into a dragon and in a corner with a spear when the light comes back on.

Skylor: beards. They look like rats nests to her. Specifically ones on people with bad hygiene, she will automatically back away and get close to throwing up in fear if that thing comes near. After seeing Wu’s beard care routine (cause you have to have one with a beard that long) Skylor has accepted Wu to be one of the people that her fear doesn’t apply to.

Pixal: weird scratchy floors, they feel disturbing to her at first, but during her first few weeks alive she watched a movie about creatures coming out of those exact same scratchy floors and she has never been the same. She sits on Zane’s or Cole’s shoulders when they’re near some of those type of carpets.

This was supposed to be fears that didn’t make sense and then I made them all make sense.

Best part, Jay’s fear was me projecting. Number 1 crocodile hater right here.

[skrunklydoo]

this au we’re making is driving me insane /vpos

here are some misc headcanons for the ninjago ever after high au under the cut:

- the wonderland kids (kai, nya, jay, akita, arin and harumi) are all shorter than the others, but jay is short even by wonderland standards. kai, who is just slightly taller than him, likes to bend down to talk to him to mess with him. to kiss zane (the tallest in the friend group) (or do anything other than talking to him), jay has to either:

a) stand on zane’s feet and then go on his tiptoes

b) have zane bend down

or c) jump/climb onto zane in situations where neither a nor b are applicable

- cole (son of the big bad wolf) gives geo (son of robin hood) rocks and geo gives him cool stuff his dad steals in return

- pixal (adopted daughter of eros, the au equivalent of c.a. cupid) cannot care less about relationships for herself, she only likes to help others out

- cole and vania (daughter of sleeping beauty) are super smart on their own, but actual idiots when they hang out

- zane (who is the son of the snow king/dr julien in this au), despite being a prince, treasures absolutely everything jay (son of the mad hatter (libber)) gives him and jay does the same in return. whenever zane offhandedly mentions that he wants a specific thing around jay, jay will take off his hat (wonderland logic, bottomless hat full of desired objects), reach in, take out the thing he wanted and hand it to him like “here you go!!”

- kai (son of the queen and knave of hearts), like lizzie in ever after high, constantly says “OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!” out of habit and the rest of the group (including nya, his sister who grew up with the same insanity he did) makes fun of him for it

- libber (jay’s mum, the mad hatter) took in all the wonderland kids when they had to flee wonderland (except akita (daughter of the white rabbit (or white fox)) and arin (son of alice) of course (until they came to ever after)) and acts as their cool crazy mum

- cole and geo constantly hang out at the hatdashery (libber’s wonderland-themed café (a thing carried over from ever after high)). once they attempted a date there during thronecoming (they just ran off not even halfway through the party) but ✨Wonderland Logic✨ happpened and libber kept on talking to them as she recognised them as jay’s friends (she didn’t know they were attempting to have a date there,,,,, they didn’t do it again)

- everyone thinks that zane is a cold and heartless being when in reality he’s just very awkward

- the wonderland kids and vania throw the best parties

- geo is the one who helps cole take off the hood (context: in ever after high, cerise hood (daughter of the big bad wolf and little red riding hood) hides her wolf ears under a red hood, but eventually learns to embrace that part of her, this happens to cole in the au)

- sora is the daughter of snow white in this au and, like in ever after high and dragons rising, sora’s mum/snow white still absolutely sucks

- jay is the most theatrical dramatic boyfriend ever (on the contrary, zane’s chill (literally))

i might update this with more but holy flip i love writing this au

[waterghostype]

a bit of an unconventional post but here is rosel!!! struggling princess and novice of void she is my ninjago oc bc ive been infected with deadly oc brainrot disease…

oc ramblings under the cut lel

she is a princess with a tragic backstory . super original i know

in all seriousness she basically conjured up in my head while i was thinking “what could they ever do to recover harumi’s character from crystalized in dragons rising” and it all went downhill from here

she’s super energetic, lively, dramatic, basically a cringe theatre kid who doesnt shut up at all. she loves animals and nature and life and being elaborate and performing and all that jazz.

she’s basically harumi’s surrogate little sister. after being on her own for a bit and traveling all across realms she landed in this weird magical realm (one that i made up. lol) and was taken in by the royal family as a knight (basically) after she brought back rosel when she got lost in the forest. she’s having a terrible time in there BUT she’s staying because… there is a freakazoidal organization trying to take them down. super original once again.

harumi feels like shes sort of called to do something about it to somehow atone for her wrongdoings but she doesn’t want to do any more than she has to aka she doesn’t want to get close to rosel bc shes obviously very Not right in the brain and also because of her past

rosel originally had an older sister who was supposed to be the actual heir to the throne and she was totally chill with that! she liked to just have a second say in important stuff and do a lot of commercials like that was her whole thing and she enjoyed it. then her sister got assassinated so now she has to be the one to worry about everything and just be an heir all of a sudden. this is part of the reason why she got very easily attached to harumi and harumi knows this and understands what’s going on in rosel’s brain because a losing family then getting badly attached to someone bc you think they can fill that hole in your heart?? yeah not cool

doesnt help that harumi currently hates herself and thinks shes the worst person in the world (tbf she did do All that.) but the difference is when she was being unhealthily attached to garmadon he mistreated her BAD but here harumi actually tries protecting rosel and gets unfortunately attached as well which sucks! it’s like that grumpy old man adopts daughter trope except it’s a ~20 yo girl and a little sister

before she died rosel swore she hated her sister and they would fight allll the time. older sister (havent decided on a name) is really strict and pressured to do all her work as an heir and the oldest princess and i could go into more detail abt their relationship but just think oldest sibling vs youngest sibling shenanigans. theyd fight abt how rosel would never understand the pressure of being the heir in their political cilmate thing (yeah the made-up realm is going through it) but too bad so sad she got executed in front of literally the whole kingdom.

after a surprisingly short while rosel gets back on her feet after her sister’s death but shes just fakering oops. she has a bunch of bottled up issues but it’s ok! it’s ok!

also shes the elemental master of void. oops

this one is fucky wucky complicated but BASCIALLY my bs reason for her little mary sue op power is bc time twins were stuck in that weird time vortex all throughout everything And then the merge happened and the merge’s weird elemental energy whatever caused the time vortex and the twins’ elemental powers to get weird and because time is being messed up reality can be messed up and so this basically broken version of the time element gets transferred onto my girl rosel as if it was a regular degular elemental power which sucks bc it’s even harder to use and control and she doesnt even know how to fight so shes just struggling

she finds this out while on a journey with the ninja and harumi. like if it was a season itd be like episode 15+ she finds out. this is because she accidentally caused an important artifact to disappear out of nowhere, got sad about it bc she messed everything up, and then she accidentally makes a whole bunch of stuff (including living things) disappear too. yikessss

she doesnt want to hide it she tells the ninjarumi right away and theyre all like What the hell and shes freaking out but after some help she can at least keep herself from destroying literally everything.

until she messes up gets mega emotional loses control of her everything and starts voiding a bunch of stuff so she gets even more stressed which makes her void even more stuff and now shes basically destroying the kingdom shes been trying so hard to be able to rule. ooooopsies

after a whole thing with the power of siblingship and empathy harumi snaps her out of it and now shes absolutely baffled with what shes done and is a bit crazed abt the whole thing. bc of this she decides it’s best to train with the ninja (idk if she actually becomes one) so she can use her power better. btw harumi was able to snap her out of it and give her a hug without being voided because a) power of friendship and b) overlord resurrection she’s literally dead inside She basically is already voided in a way

so thats basically what goes on very sorry this is too long but i hope it all makes sense… i swear her story is better than the way i explained it (or maybe it’s not idk) i just have many MANY MANY thought abt her! i might ramble even more in the future so be cautioned. thx

heres zoomed in ver of the notes in case u need it

[laismoura-art]

How about some avatar au for your atla fan heart.

Mortal Kombat avatar au with our ocs.

🌊🪨The avatar au 🔥🌪

Water tribe:

It's obviously the lin kuei but with bi-han being more of the master at water bending and kuai liang, Lisa making fun of him while he's practicing the other students.

Bi-han: what type of whining is this!? Back in my day we trained in the cold winter's at night and no matter how cold it got I never stopped training.

Lisa: yea you just cried and begged father to let you in-

Bi-han: YOUR CATCHING FISH TONIGHT!!

Kuai liang: I need jasmine tea, for this..

Earth kingdom:

The Edenians, special forces , harumi and Johnny and kenshi from the earth nation it's all out order and chaos maybe the umgadi could be like the dai lee.

Harumi: has the war really stopped in ba sing se?

Kenshi: I don't know if it's pretty peaceful there. Tanya do you know anything about it?

Tanya:*visibly sweating* um maybe..

Sindel:*the tea is exceptionally good today. I hope no fire nation are here.

*two fire nation run aways: yea.. It's fire nation free. Would you like some moon cakes with that?

Sindel: oh you know me so well.

Fire nation:

The netherrealm, suchin and the shirai ryu together being in the fire nation except they aren't demon's and such. The avatar is to be from the fire nation in the avatar cycle. People are expecting asmodeus to be the avatar and this got hatsune banished and settled with hanzo hasashi in the earth kingdom.

Asmodeus: make way for the avatar fire Lord people the strongest in the world

Sareena: is he always this much full of himself.

Jatakaa: careful you might get banished.

Suchin: ARE YOU ALWAYS THIS FULL OF YOURSELF!?

hatsune: hey master i made you some tea.

Hanzo: *drinks tea and spits it out* Ugh this tea is nothing but hot leaf juice!!

Hatsune: master hansi that's what all tea is..

Hanzo: how could my own apprentice say something like that!?

Air nomads:

The white lotus plus Raiden and fujin in the air nomads. Liu kang is a, fire nation adopted by raiden and learning air bending not knowing he is the actual avatar. Kung Lao is a air nation prodigy like Liu kang but kung Lao is, hoping to go through greater lengths and be the best air bending master in the world.

Kung Lao: geez I hope asmodeus isn't the avatar.

Liu kang: yea it's not like he'll cause a war if he isn't.

Kung Lao: say what would happen if you became the avatar?

Liu kang: I won't be the avatar and besides I am not that responsible he monk raiden never let's me feed the baby bisons.

Kung Lao: true, want to play air ball?

Liu kang: sure!!

Later

Liu kang:*avatar state after some shit asmodeus did*

Kung Lao:.... The world is either in peace or doomed....

Yoo Dragon!!! This looks sooo cool!!! :O 💖💖💖

Sorry it took me a while to reply, I actually wanted to gather and develop some ideas that came to mind! And it turned out ENOURMOUS!

So I hope you enjoy:

💦For the Water Tribe:

I was wondering, since this is the Lin Kuei, I imagine the previous chief was involved in some pretty shady stuff, imagine he even made a deal with the fire nation at some point in an attempt to hold some of his remaining power? Imagine if he even sent some of his men to war to fight by the Fire Nation? Of course his plans backfire (literally, lol) and he ends up dead and Bi-Han ends up as the new chief!

I imagine that after years of shitty decisions from the chief, this Water Tribe ended up a mess and on the brink of destruction, so Bi-Han took it upon himself to make things right and return the Tribe to its previous glory!

The only problem is: He is the youngest chief they ever had and he is painfully inexperienced! So he is hardly taken seriously. He also doesn't trust the elders of his Tribe, given how they didn't do much to prevent the previous chief to mess up, so he relies on the youth, his twin siblings and friends, Hydro, Cyrax and Smoke (he's still deciding if Sektor can be trusted, as he is related to the previous grandmaster)

Though Kuai and Lisa often tease Bi-Han (as siblings do) they are his big supporters and do everything they can to be good advisors! Bi-Han is happy to have them around, even if he has to hear a joke or two at his expense...

🌿For the Earth Kingdom:

I like that Harumi is part of the Earth Kingdom, and you know she's my flower girl, so I was thinking: What if she was originally a waterbender from the Swamp?

Imagine, she was born in the swamp and learned to waterbend the flora around her, when she grew up she wanted to leave to explore the world (or at least the Earth kingdom, she was particularly curious about Omashu and Ba Sing Se (surely none of these cities will disappoint her… lol))

Imagine if people sometimes mistake her for the Avatar cause she is a waterbender born in the Earth Kingdom, lol!

Also, I LOVED the idea of the Umgadi being the Dai Lee!

Imagine this: Li Mei was once a Dai Lee soldier who got promoted and then learned what the Dai Lee was actually like (means to conspire against the kingdom and manipulate the royal family) Li Mei couldn't stand to be part of it and tried to leave, reveal the truth, only to be taken to the Lake Laogai. It was years ago and now her memory is coming back, but she still struggles to show everyone the truth.

Lucky for her she's not alone! The young earthbender Tanya was promoted just as she was and upon finding out the truth, she also could not stand to be part of it (it also helped her decision the fact that she is secretly dating the Kingdom's elder princess, Millena), but instead of trying to expose the truth, she tries to stop the Dai Lee from the inside with the help of a few trusted teammates and Li Mei as their coordinator. Together, they will bring the Dai Lee down!

🔥For the Fire Nation:

Damn, your girl Hatsune just can't catch a break when it comes to her shitty brother, can she?

Well, at least she's with Hanzo! I imagine Hanzo was once a soldier, one really mean and scary, maybe? the type that would almost burn the Earth Kingdom's capital to the ground? But pulled back after say... a family tragedy?

So now he seeks a more peaceful life for himself, hidden in the Earth Kingdom and taking care of this fellow Fire Nation girl who was just so wronged by her own family? 

I wonder if Suchin is so confident in talking shit about Asmodeus cause she knows she's one of his top girls and the moment she leaves his side he will get killed! (Little he knows, Suchin and the girls would rather get the job done themselves, lol)

🍃For the Air Nomads:

Ok, I absolutely ADORED the idea of the Avatar being from a Nation but being raised in another one! Cause it's such a fun concept, like, Liu is raised by the Air Nomads and is taught to live by the air nomads beliefs and the first attempt at bending from him will be at air bending, and as the Avatar he WILL succeed, so just imagine how it would be for this kid who is a airbender through and through who will one day find out not only that he's the Avatar but also a firebender by birth! That would be a WHOLE LOT to take!

Through the dialogues I can see that Liu already knows he's a firebender and Avatar, but I wonder how he found out. The idea of this coming as a shock and a big reveal is just soooo cool!

Also makes me wonder when did Raiden learned all this, if he knew from the start, if he had some suspicions as Liu was growing up, or if he found out just as Liu did (My bet i on the second one)

PS: I love that whenever there's an Avatar x MK AU, Liu is ALWAYS the Avatar!🤭 I think it's suiting for the "Chosen One", lmao!

[weekend-whip]

In your opinion what’s each character’s (or just singular event) impactful moment from the Legacyverse? Y’know, the one that punches you in the gut and makes you have to put the phone down so you can replay the scene in your head and take a deep breath.

Well this is really hard because, like, we're literally just now breaching the tip of the iceberg of STUFF that happens, buuuuut there's also a bunch of scenes that made *me* put my phone down while writing so far, soooo this?:

Kai- Currently Posted: Kai's Second Outburst aka Kai Throwing Himself off the Boat Future Moments: (Season 4 + Season 5)

Jay- Currently Posted: I personally don't feel like he's had one yet but nearly beating the shit out of Chad definitely gets an honorable mention at least Future Moments: (Post S4 + obvs Season 6)

Cole- Currently Posted: Calling Out His Dad + Dancing with Jesse at the Rockshot Future Moments: (Season 4 + Maybe Season 5 + Day of the Departed)

Zane- Currently Posted: Remembering How His Mom Died T-T Future Moments: (Season 3 + Season 4 + Post S4)

Nya- Currently Posted: The Accumulation of Her "Fight" With Kai aka the entirety of chapter 27 OR The Scene Where She Tells Lloyd Her Name Future Moments: (Season 2 + Season 5)

Lloyd- Currently Posted: pls this happens with every Lloyd moment BUT Lloyd giving Kai his True Potential speech OR his last real convo with Wu and/or Garmadon OR...something still yet to occur in these last few chapters :3 Future Moment: (Season 3, if not 2, plus....y'know, the general rest of his life)

Jesse- Currently Posted: entirety of Enter the Aftershock OR Jesse's Full Outburst OR His Talent Show routine hnng Future Moments: (SEASON 4 DEFINITELY)

Olivia- Currently Posted: We're close enough that I can say it's definitely in Season 2; hasn't had her moment yet but it's coming I swear Future Moments: (SEASON 3 AHAHAHAHA)

Antonia- Currently Posted: Discovering the Fuchsia Ninja Future Moments: (SEASON 2+ Post S4 + Season 6)

Harumi- Currently Posted: Her fight with "Fuchsia" continuously took me out Future Moments: (You have three guesses and they're all probably correct except one)

Miranda- Currently Posted: None (Unless you really wanna count The Not-So Great Hospital Escape) Future Moments: (Season 7 if not in 3 and/or 4)

Also honorable mention to Wu's reaction to Kai+Lloyd's "Death"...and Kai+Lloyd reacting to Wu's sacrifice

[taniahylian]

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun: An honest review

So, my friend @rena-yume​ recently made me watch the Railgun series (along with some Index episodes, to get context for certain things), and I have to say that I really enjoyed most of it, but... the things that I disliked, I really deslike them, and I think it’s interesting that this series could evoke these vastly different emotions on me, so... here’s my thoughts on each season.

Railgun:

Part 1: Level upper.

The first arc of the series is, imo, one of the strongest. Yes, it’s mostly slice-of-life stuff; just introducing the characters and their dynamics, but that’s what I enjoyed most about it. It’s hilarious, it’s interesting, and the “villain”, Harumi, has complex and interesting motivations. Not to mention, Saten getting directly involved with the whole Level Upper incident helps raise the stakes and also explores her character.

The only thing I didn’t like about this arc is... well, it pains me to say it, but it’s Koruko. Yes, Mikoto’s roomate and best friend. Why? I mean... she sexually assaults the protagonist every chance she gets. It’s honestly annoying and too over-the-top. Thankfully it’s also shown her feelings are genuine; she just doesn’t know how to express them. Otherwise, she’d be irredeemable for me.

Part 2: Poltergeist.

The second arc of the first season really isn’t as strong as the first, since we literally just follow some secondary characters around for a few episodes. That said, when the plot really starts, it’s nothing to scoff at, and I’m glad that Harumi is involved in this incident as well, and her motivations remain the same; it’s a nice touch.

What I also liked is how the girls are able to really connect and work with each other, especially Mikoto and Kuroko, and also how they decide to help Uiharu’s roomate no matter what, despite having just met her.

Railgun S:

Part 1: Sisters.

This is, imo, the arc that really makes Railgun what it is. Mikoto takes her well-deserved spot as the protagonist and embodies it entirely as she goes to very personal struggles that are also way too big for her, and that she really shouldn’t have to go through alone. Honestly, the fact that she’s 14 years old just makes everything a lot more tragic imo. I really like the sisters, however, and the concept behind them, and how Mikoto is willing to do anything to protect them; both out of her own guilt and because she genuinely believes they deserve a chance at a normal life.

What I don’t like about this arc, however, is... well... Index lol. Yeah, I had to say it. Sue me. 

And no, I don’t mean the character: I mean the entire series and it’s relationship with Railgun. Whenever the plot of Index and Railgun meet there’s an exceptional drop in the quality of storytelling and it shows. Painfully so. Characters that should be out there supporting the protagonist are nowhere to be found, and there’s no reason given. And some random dude that’s literally the embodiment of Deus Ex Machina (yes, I’m talking about Touma) just pops in to solve everything despite having no personal ties to the plot or the characters, and it’s very unsatisfying. 

Yay. A dude with a magical hand defeated the big bad. Sure, why not. Might as well just say that a wizard did it and call it a day.

That said, the bridge scene with Touma was one of my favorites of the season. I just think it would’ve been more emotionally impactful if it had been one of Mikoto’s friends instead or if Mikoto and Touma had a more well-stablished relationship at that point. But alas. It is what it is.

Part 2: Silent party.

Silent party has everything the Sister’s arc should’ve had in a perfect world; Mikoto acknowledging that she can’t do everything alone and learning to rely on her friends, the group of four working together as a well-oiled machine and also involving others (like Kongou, and the scientist girl); all to try and save an artificially-created human, just like Mikoto did with the sisters.

It’s a perfect arc, through and through, just a little too short for my liking. And the finale was exactly the kind of action-packed, fun, wholesome teamwork I was craving (reminded me a lot of the finale of Little Witch Academia, if I’m being honest). I absolutley loved it! I just wished we could’ve seen more of Febrie and Jaunie afterwards.

Railgun T:

Part 1.

Ah, the first part of Railgun T. So conficting for me. Perhaps the most conflicting in the entire series.

On one hand, there’s 13 perfect episodes of good buildup, fun and interesting character interactions and action-packed scenes with clever use of different characters and their powers. And then episode 14 comes in and throws it all down the drain lol. But let’s get the compliments out of the way first, shall we?

Misaki is an amazing rival for Mikoto, and she genuinely feels thretening, especially when she erases the memories of Mikoto’s friends and leaves her compleatly isolated. Her backstory and motivations are also very interesting, and seeing her work with Mikoto despite their differences was definitely one of my favorite things about the entire series.

Kongou is amazing. Hands down. Girl is a real hommie and I love her so much. And her two friends? Yeah, they really rised to the ocassion and shinned like well-polished diamonds. 10/10 for that trio’s contribution to the story.

And finally, Koruko. Damn. What a character! If you told me in season 1 that Koruko would end up being my favorite character in the entire series, I would’ve called you a liar, but she really redeems herself in this arc. Sure, she also had her moments in S, but losing her memory in T is what really makes her shine even more than before. She rises to the ocassion despite not knowing that Mikoto is her friend, or even why she should help her; she just does her duty and risks her life, while injured, because she’s part of Judgement and that’s what she’s supposed to do. It’s her duty, and she’s a good person. Also, her feelings for Mikoto resurface but are a lot tamer this time, and also innocent and adorable.

And now to the thing that destroyed it all... Touma. Yes, I’m going to complain about this stupid monkey again. And no, it’s not because I don’t like his character; imo he’s perfectly fine. But... he just really doesn’t fit in the universe of Railgun, and his existence is to direct detriment of the story and characters.

Why? Well, I said it once and I’ll say it again: the way he saves the day really feels just like “a wizard did it”, and it’s extremely unsatisfying to watch, because at the end of the day it seems like everything the others did was for nothing. After all, he just had to get his stupid hand cut, and that would save the day. Real Deus Ex Machina moment right there. Touma is nothing but a plot device and it shows.

Part 2.

Part 2 of Railgun T is really the arc I have the least feelings about lol. Positive or negative. Take that as you will.

It opens up strongly; with a backstory for one of the “villains” from the previous arc, and a wholesome quest to find and rescue a girl named Dolly. Truly one of the best episodes in the entire series! It even made me cry.

Then we have 2 episodes focusing on Kuroko, and you know I’m all for that! We get to see her once more as the capable and honorable girl she is, and even learn that she joined Judgement because she wanted to be a hero. What a girl. She’s awesome and I love it.

And then... well, then we have a pointless episode of Mikoto trying to get her hands on a stupid card that apparently will amplify her breasts on her sleep? It’s dumb and stupid, and not even in a funny way. It just made me lose respect for her. 

The two episodes that follow, however, with Saten as a focus, getting into contact with this girl Frenda from a criminal organization, are actually pretty nice, and I liked their development and relationship. It was wholesome, and I can definitely see why some people ship them. If you liked these episodes, however, don’t try to find out what happened to Frenda afterwards. It’s better to believe she decided not to contact Saten again for her own good, as it’s implied.

And finally... the whole thing about the Doppleganger. Not the worst story in the world, but definitely the least interesting out of all we’ve seen in Railgun. It served to fill in some space, but didn’t really develop existing characters or relationships, and the characters that it introduced also aren’t that interesting... although the group known as “Scavengers” has potential imo. The action scene towards the end was fine, however, although it felt a little cliché.

Final thoughts:

Railgun is an anime of highs and lows. When it shines, it’s almost blinding; with its amazing characters, interesting world-building and powers, and well-written plot and relationships. When it fails, however, it fails hard, so prepare to be extremely disappointed lol.

Would I recommend it? Well... kinda? I guess it depends on what you personally are able to tolerate in an anime. If you are looking for consistent quality, this one is definitely not for you, but if you’re able to look past its faults and appreciate the good episodes for what they are, I think it’s worth it.

I will say, however, that having someone to rewrite the story with you as you watch it certainly helps a lot. Will I make our ideas into a fanfic? Maybe some day, but for now I have no plans for it XD

Thanks for reading! I hope you found this either useful or enjoyable.

[narutoheretic]

you should tell us all about your root ocs 🤠 i have so many as well, yet i still think i need to make more bc of how big and international the org’s supposed to be :O

resurrecting another ask so old I don't remember a ton of concepts, BUT luckily i have the old scraps of danzo-trains-naruto fic (which still lives in my head despite me never being able to write it yet) to go off and find at least a few Root OCs. it was really fun to remember all these guys, so thanks for that!

harumi - an older Root member, was a young woman when Danzo was middle-aged (she pops up in here, beneath my lungs to talk with Kagami). she's weird and socially anxious but in a way that makes her really good at translating people yelling at each other into polite-speak, so she her career for a while was mainly just carrying messages. She began working with Kagami on his diplomatic/ambassador missions shortly before Kagami's death; she was the only survivor of the Iwa attack that killed Kagami and everyone else on that mission, and it cost her a leg and some severe scarring. After a few months of bluescreening, she became essentially an etiquette teacher, training the members of Root that would have to interface with the public; and, notably, teaching Kushina proper behavior and diplomacy when Kushina was first brought to Konoha.

rokuro - another older root member, one who worked closely with Danzo during the Shinobi no Yami years. he's half-Akimichi, and due to the lenient rules on blood relation would have been happily raised as part of the clan, except he uh. was a little weirdo who poisoned a kid for upsetting his cousin when he was like, seven. the Akimichi usually are incredibly harsh on poisoners but are equally soft for kids, so they were stuck not knowing what to do until someone noticed Danzo lurking around doing the beginning of his 'if anyone wants to discard a child just know i am always hiring. children' thing. Danzo was, at least then, viewed pretty favorably by the Akimichi due to his connection thru Torifu, so little Rokuro got packed off to utilize his nascent poisoning genius for the good of the nation. he grew up into a still-weird, still-poison-happy adult, summons carp (which baffles everyone, carp seem extremely boring for How He Is) and has a homoerotic rivalry with an Anbu member.

i cannot remember her goddamn name WHY we used to say it daily. Masako maybe?? - Danzo's second-in-command for a good chunk of Root's early to middle years. from a small wandering Jashin cult, ran into Danzo when they were both teenagers and thought the whole tree cult thing he had going on was sexier than her pain cult, split from her family to join Konoha and manage the mess of orphans Danzo was already accumulating. she's hot and a little unhinged, participated in a lot of his not-war-crimes-yet-but-they're-gonna-be-codified-into-that-postwar stuff during the Shinobi no Yami rep forming years. She also had a girlfriend whose name I cannot remember, just that she worked with gear and clothing. someone had to design those little jackets

eiri - a deaf explosions expert, friendly with Harumi but younger than her by about a decade. she's not as fleshed out, but I vaguely recall that she was supposed to be one of the first kids literally born into Root, with her parents both being Root members.

seji - one of the two heads of what I loosely termed the Manipulation department, members that specified in undercover missions, forming false friendships, honeypot missions, etc. started out as a random orphan with no bloodline, but has grown up to be extremely confident and charismatic to the point people often assume he's a clan discard. unfortunately i never named or characterized the other head lol, I think they were teammates (of the Root buddy system variety) tho

small shoutout to masaki, from the particular canon version of the training fic, who is literally just Uchiha Shisui with different eyes wearing Groucho Marx glasses and a fake beard. no like, literally in this AU shisui worked with danzo to help orchestrate the massacre, because he Was pretty much suicidal and wanted to escape his fate/position in the clan at all costs, and made some very bad decisions thereof. one of them possibly being giving his eyes away because he was sick of their abilities and didn't want his mental and physical health to deteriorate any further, but despite the huge adjustment there and the lingering guilt, he's actually pretty happy with his new life and identity. second-in-command of Root from shortly after Masako's death until canon.

[holycrimin]

Lloyd x Reader HCS/Mini-Fic at the end

[Meeting]

Before meeting Lloyd, you were pretty good friends with Kai and Nya. Scratch that— you were practically siblings.

Growing up, you'd always try to help them. Whether that be lending them extra food, or giving them your old, but clean clothes.

So of course they had to introduce you to the gang! I mean, why wouldn't they? It took them a few years from fear of you getting hurt, but they eventually came around.

When they took you over, you were nervous, but excited! I mean, they're the ninja, how cool is that?

As for how they reacted.. well..

Cole and Zane seemed pretty fine with you, and Cole actually tried to get to know you better at first. You're besties now.

Zane just kinda minded his business at first, not in a rude way he just kinda.. minded his business politely. He eventually talked to you more often though.

Jay was a little suspicious of you first, but brushed it off since you were Nya's friend.

Sensei wu was pleased to find that they had other friends apart from their little group.

Pixal tried to scour the internet for more information on you (to see whether or not you're a threat,) only to find just.. really dumb videos you posted of you and the Smith siblings goofing around.

She trusts you after that.

As for Lloyd, he was like Jay, a little suspicious of you. Y'know, trust issues and all.

If you were to have met him before SoG, he'd hesitantly brush it off and talk to you sometimes.

If you were to have met him after SoG, however.. He'd be incredibly cautious of you. Like, to the point where if you're hanging out with the gang, he'd give you a "if-you-try-anything-i-will-murder-you" stare. Yeah.. yikes.

Either way, it definitely wasn't love at first sight. He's the type of person to get to know someone first before 'falling' for them.

Eventually, he warmed up to you more and more. And then.. uh oh.

[Pining]

Day by day, he gets this weird urge to just.. be around you.

He doesn't know why, he just does.

If this is before SoG, he'll be a little touchy and smile more often when you're around. It's so obvious that the others are surprised you still haven't noticed.

If this was after SoG, he'd still be the same, although he becomes more reserved the more he realizes his feelings for you. He does get touchy, yes, but not as much as he normally would've.

He's still scared of commitment since the whole Harumi thing.

Before SoG: Incredibly sweet, it's almost sickening.

After SoG: Still sweet, although more reserved. like... longing stares and just getting blushy when you hug him, stuff like that.

He doesn't know how to flirt, his idea of flirting is just complimenting them.

"Hey! I like what you did with your hair!"

"Really? Thanks. :)"

So you can imagine how frustrated he is when his "advances" don't work

Eventually turns to Kai and Nya for advice.

"DUDE WHAT?? YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON THEM-"

"SHH KAI NOT SO LOUD-"

Kai literally has no idea what to do to win someone over.

So he instead ops for Nya, since she's in a relationship and all that jazz.

"You like them? Well.. have you tried just being honest?"

"Nya! I can't just.. do that!"

"Why not? The worst they'll do is say no. If you think they're going to hate you, they won't. Trust me, I literally grew up with them."

With a sigh, he eventually took Nya's advice and just went for it.

It took him weeks just to try and build up the courage to ask you out. The guy might look like the most confident dude you'll ever meet, but he's only a teenager after all. There's gotta be some insecurity in him somehow.

[THE CONFESSION]

Today was the day. Damn it, he's nervous but he'll do it! He's been hyping himself up for weeks, no way he can back down now. He already told Kai and Nya about it, and since Kai can't really keep his mouth shut, he ended up telling everyone except for you.

The crew has been teasing him about it relentlessly for about a week and half now. "Lloyd's got a crus-!" "Jay please shut up."

And now he's finally got you alone. Just you and him, in the living room. Okay.. he can do this. He takes a step forward.

Anxiety immediately struck him. Gah! What was he thinking?? Just give up alr– no no, you have to, or else you're going to regret it later.

With a deep breath, he gathered up more courage. "..you just gunna stand there?" You playfully tease, not knowing the weight of his situation. He felt his heart drop to his stomach. "U-uh.. no no! I'll come in."

"Are you okay? You look nervous. Did something happen?" You asked, a little concerned for him. "No!... well..." he rubs the back of his neck.

"There is something i've been meaning to tell you." You've never seen him this serious and nervous before. "What's on your mind?" "Well.. I.. uh.."

You sit patiently, waiting for his response. He mumbles something incomprehensible. "Uh, sorry? I didn't catch that." You gently asked, as he again mumbled it.

"..I can't hear you, sorry.. you don't have to tell me if you don't want to!" You say, trying to save the situation. "I like you, okay?! And-and not just as a friend. I.. I like you in a romantic way." He blurts out. "I..! I mean..!" He turns away from you.

Your face turns so pink, you almost didn't notice the tears forming in his eyes. But when you did, you tried your best to communicate that you felt the same way.

You grab his hand as he was about to leave, "Hey! Wait-! I like you too!" You quickly say. "I.." you sigh, "I really do like you, Lloyd. Infact, i've liked you for months now. I love the way you carry yourself, I love how even in the darkest of moments, you still manage to get yourself together." You keep going, lowering your head as for him to not see your flushed cheeks.

His eyes light up, "I love your smile, your–" you say, being interrupted with a kiss on the forehead. "Alright alright, that's enough. You're going to make me all red." You look up and sure enough, he's almost as red as a tomato. Well, with that kiss he placed, even if it was just on the forehead, certainly made you shut up.

"I think it's time i ask you properly." He holds your hands near him.

"Will you be my lover, [name]?" He looks at you, eyes soft as cotton and a smile sweet as honey.

"Of course." You both smile, sharing an embrace. "Oh and by the way, you owe me a real kiss next time!" He chuckles, "Yeah yeah, i know. But let's move slowly, okay?" He let's go and locks his hand with yours.

"Okay." You respond gladly, leaning your head against his shoulder.

You honestly never thought this would ever happen, But.. you're happy you two are finally together.

Bonus:

Jay, Nya and Kai were peeking around the door trying to see what happened. And since they're all nosy, they wanted to know what was going on aswell.

"So? What happened?" Cole quietly asked, "Well Lloyd's confessing... DUDE! they're blushing!" "Shh! Okay... Oh my god Lloyd planted a kiss—" "ON THE MOUTH?!" "SHHH! They're going to hear us!" They whisper yelled, "As i was saying, Lloyd planted a kiss on their forehead!" Nya exclaims, causing everyone to gasp lightly, except for zane and pixal.

"They both seem to be a perfect fit together, I don't know why you are all surprised." Zane says, nonchalantly. "Yes, I do agree with Zane. Besides, we all knew how he looked at them on that day. It was obvious." Pixal agrees, a soft smile on her lips.

"Oh man! Now i'm the only single one!" Kai whisper-yells, jokingly irritated. "Cole doesn't have a spouse either, though?" Zane exclaims. "Yeah well that's because he's Cole." "Yeah, and i'm not really interested in a partner right now."

"Guys, I think we should stop spying on them, they're about to leave." Nya says, alerting them. "Oh crap! Right! I'll see you later guys!"

The rest of the gang say their goodbyes aswell, although the topic of you and Lloyd's relationship was still incredibly relevant to the crew, and the media.

You swear, you couldn't go two tweets without someone mentioning you guys' relationship. Although it was weirdly.. well recieved, for some reason? You expected there to be more backlash but, almost everyone was supportive!

Sure there were a couple bad apples here and there, but it was generally well recieved! Although you couldn't care less about what the media says.

You're happy with him and that's all that matters right now.

[scalproie]

(for the ask meme) scorpion 💛🦂💛

SCORPY BESTIEEE 💛🦂💛 THANK YOU

favorite thing about them: I love when characters of silly origins are elevated to greater heights and even eventually reach "good guy" protagonist status because that means you will see more of them. His backstory is deliciously dramatic and I'll watch it again and again honestly, which is good because they just keep feeding it to us. While I do love the gremlin vibe he had initially at his creation, I love him even more now that he is characterized as a noble family man at heart, but is an extremely emotional, impulsive and selfish man who will seek revenge regardless of everyone else's sake, which makes him easy to manipulate, and that makes for an interesting character to watch. Plus he has an edge that I like a lot. His growth is amazing too, his entire character resolves around revenge yet they showed him being able to go past that once he's done. Plus he's just cool looking, cool name, cool weapons coupled with an iconic trademark line, sounds really nice to listen to btw, can teleport, associated with fire, canon dilf... 👌 have you seen his fucking tits.

least favorite thing about them: He's not the main character of MK, but he IS the main mascot and they love him so much that they will try to shove his story again and again with the "main plot" when really it's his own thing and should stay that way. Like, either give him his own stuff and really commit to it like, bite the bullet and make him the main character of his own story, or keep his story tame in the general plot so it doesnt invade stuff unrelated to him. They also tend to... make him go through the same stuff again and again both in-universe and in the meta despite him developing as a character? like surely there's some more interesting stuff to do with him? You guys did great with Grandmaster Hanzo Hasashi in mkx and in mk11, he was one of the best thing in there (except his death which wasnt bad per se but couldve been more). ALSO HANZO "SCORPION" HASASHI LET YOUR HAIR DOWN AT LEAST ONCE CHALLENGE.

favorite line: easy af when the guy literally has a catchphrase, but I do like "GET THE FUCK OVER HERE" because why. Was he not edgy enough? Its so funny I love it. But more seriously Scorpy has great lines, I really do like when he's doing the "actually revenge sucks dude trust me" speeches, his whole speech to his younger self in mk11 for exemple, and the one in battle of the realms ("That's what makes you different. That's what makes you better."😳). REALLY fond of the one exchange with Bi-Han in mk9 ("To hell with your clan!" "No. TO HELL WITH YOU!" *literally drags his ass downstairs/to literal hell*). He has a lot of good intros but I swear theres hours of those and I've been here long enough I'm not going back there to find my favs.

brOTP: I really like the friendship he has with Kenshi. "Hey Scorpy I'm on the run with my son Takeda, can I drop him at your place and can you raise him for me?" "I'm Hanzo but you got it man and also that's my son now thank you very much". Love how seriously he took his role of foster father Grandmaster to Takeda too. AND ALSO it's SO funny to me that technically Hanzo and Jax are in-laws now, their shared intros are so funny because of that.

OTP: Genuinely want to see more of him and Harumi, we've seen him be a great dad there and there but we have yet to seen him actually be a husband, and I wanna see how he was with her, her death and their son's is literally his main motivation, the pain of losing them is the source of his powers and is integral to his story, so I know it's safe to assume that he loved her very very deeply and I want to actually see that... now with that being said Hey So What's Going On With Sub-Zero, Man? Listen listen listen, It's about the enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, It's about the irony of falling for your nemesis, your rival, your foil, the clan he's a part of killed your family, sending you on the path of revenge, you killed his family, sending him on a path mirroring your own, It's about him being better in some way over you, It's about you both being tricked and enslaved by the same evil, it's about him reaching out to you to make things right when he find out the truth, and meaning it, It's about forgiveness and understanding, It's about you two working together afterward times and times again, It's about becoming familiar enough with each other, It's about finally avenging your clan and family and are no longer feeling constant rage and sorrow leaving you filled with emptiness instead, and It's about healing, It's about learning to love again, It's about being equals. You're fire, He's ice, It's about thermoregulation. "This is for Hanzo." "Scorpion was your enemy once." "He was my equal." / "You are nothing like Kuai Liang." "You flatter, Scorpion." "Only a fool would think so." Fucking Hell Man. And even not as a ship, I just like seeing them together.

nOTP: the obvious ones naturally. But honestly he doesnt much chemistry with... about anyone else, so he's kind of on his own and when I see him with someone that's not Sub-Zero I'm like okay? How tho? What do you work with? Also speaking of Subz, idk maybe I'm spoiled with how much there's to work with Kuai Liang and how positive it is, but I just don't see it with Bi-Han at all.

random headcanon: cooking with scorpion is real and he can cook really well but he truly shines with pastries. Also Im more of a "Rope Spears were common weapons in the Shirai Ryu, but Hanzo is by far the best one at it" rather than Hanzo downright invented the weapon.

unpopular opinion: I dont know enough about the general opinion people have about scorpion to know if I have an unpopular one, he's cool and I like him! He IS in that wierd limbo where he is simultanously overrated and underrated tho, it's weird. Also I think they have got to stop acting like Sub-Zero has won less against him than the opposite tho and that Subz is generally "weaker" than him? And I hate that he lost his new clan AGAIN in the comics like come on. He had to rebuilt it twice??? Give him a break.

song I associate with them: I'M BAD AT THIS uuuh, "I Found" - Amber Run, I will find something better later but also If you find something send it my way

favorite picture of them: when NRS just keeps killing your clan and family over and over + 😳 + 😳😳😳

[grimbeak]

How Pirate Jay Au Jay deal with the rest of the seasons 

DotD: 

*I haven’t watched this ep in 4+ years so Im just gonna focus on the bruise at the end

*Very happy that his bf is no longer a ghost! Now he can give surprise hugs without faceplanting on the floor! (Kai comments that they’re ‘going to be even worse now’)

*Oh yeah and he’s happy to see Morro bc that happens ig 

S7:

*Spends most of it having literally no idea what’s going on

*Acronix tries to manipulate him ab his mom and Jay’s like ‘bitch stfu’ so it doesn’t rly work out

*He honestly doesn’t care ab the fact that Wu’s dying all that much bc he’s only known him for a few months (and he’s still a bit upset about the whole ‘banishing my mom instead of trying to talk to her’ thing)

*He doesn’t have Ed n Edna to worry ab so he just fucks around a bit before going ‘fuck it’ and grabbing the timeblade before anyone else can get to it

*he didn’t have a vehicle he just ran

*pirate coat flowing in the wind 

*Anyway Kai eventually rants to him ab his parents being supposedly evil and jay’s like ‘oh no,,,, how awful that must be for you,,, can’t relate,,,, at all,,,’ which earns him a smack on the head

*Ray and Maya see this new lightning master and are like ‘um is no one else concerned about this’ 

S8:

*Jay searched for Wu for a year (despite not givin a fuck lmao) purely to spend a year with his boyf. That was the only reason. 

*He is freak tF out by Lloyd’s voice change:

‘WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIM’ 

‘he’s fine it’s just puberty- you literally went through this jay’

‘NORMAL HUMAN FUNCTIONS DON’T WORK PROPERLY IN THE CURSED REALM MY VOICE NEVER CHANGED BITCH’

‘is that why you’re still so short’

‘FUCK OFF I NEED TO EAT MORE APPARENLY’

*Harumi is just unimpressed with him her description of him is smthn like ‘the pirate ninja who has no self control’ 

*He instantly knows she’s the traitor but no one really listens to him

*He laughs at them when they figure out he was right

*Jay gets a very quick rundown of what happened with Garmadon and is no longer laughing 

*uhhh canon events happen ig

S9:

*Yeah pretty much canon events as well except for the fact that Jay is freaKING OUT about the fact that there are DRAGONS

‘jay we can make magical dragons’

‘YEAH BUT THEY’RE MADE OF ENERGY AND OUR OWN EMOTIONS THESE ONES ARE NOT’ 

*He still loses it for a bit but instead of him just giving up completely it’s more like he’s drunk

S10:

*No proposin yet because they’re literal children and also shits goin DOWN

*goin down like cole

*sorry

*They have to physically restrain Jay from jumping down after Cole when he falls

*when kai re-makes the golden weapons jay’s kinda like ‘ohhh so that’s what the nunchucks looked like b4 you guys melted them cool cool’ 

*Cole’s back!! Jay’s happy!! Everyone wins!! 

*no one wins bcuz Lloyd’s dead. When he comes back Jay offers him an invite to the club of ‘we died but not anymore’. Zane and Jay were previously the only members. 

S11:

*uhhh what happens in this season again 

*nothing important so lets move on

S12:

(Pre-season 12, Jay gets an odd feeling, and finds Clutch Powers just about to open the teapot of tyrahn. He smacks him and goes ‘no’ before kicking it into the ocean. Ninjago city is safe once more.) 

*Nothing really changes except for the fact that he actually calls the cult that he made a cult and they only cause anarchy 

*Cole just points to where the crowds are running from and is like ‘jay’s over there’ 

*Also Jay has literally no idea what’s going on in this video game world bcuz like everything is just weird and he hasn’t really had time for games with all the heroing going on 

*Bruise happens n they dance

*Jay is horrible at dancing but they do it anyway

*Canon stuff (except Nya dies in the car with Kai for bruise reasons)

*Cole sacrificing himself at the end fuckin hurts bcuz last time Jay died in Cole’s arms,,, now it’s the opposite (sorta lmao) 

*At the confrontation with Unagami, Jay’s just like “look dude the people who were supposed to protect me threw my mom who was pregnant with me into the cursed realm without even giving me a chance to live, so let’s just both agree that our families suck and move on” and Unagami’s like “Sure that makes sense” 

*They bond over having no idea what anything is at any time

S13: 

*Jay is so proud of his boyfriend getting a season

*Jay please stop breaking the fourth wall I’m trying to write

*Vania tries to flirt with Cole, Jay responds by fuckin making out with him in front of everyone

*y e a h

*the queen tries to marry him and jay’s like ‘uh i have a bf’ and she’s like ‘not anymore’ and nya’s like ‘im his lesbian sister let me fight you for him’ and the queen’s like ‘do you wanna get married instead’ and nya’s like ‘uh no i have a gf too’ and the queen is like ‘well i can’t marry the green one he’s a minor’ and lloyd’s just so confused 

*Cole does his Thing with his new 3 poly uncles 

*Uh stuff happens

*

*

*Bruise

*No one’s really sure who the queen ended up marrying but they’re never going back there just in case

The Island:

*Jay likes his flower crown. He wears on the brim of his pirate hat.

[morro-wants-a-pie]

Ninjago nationality and sexuality headcanons ^^

Ok guys, to be perfectly clear:

I choosed Hence as a Cole's surname bc Brookstone and Bucket are in 100% not canon AND Hence sounds so god damm sexy sorry not sorry 😌✌

Ofc i could make some kinda grammar or non grammar mistake, so you can remind me about that

Every conlusion for ninja's parents nationality i took from origins from their names/surnames or just their look. You can ask me if u want why and from where i took some of my ideas

Also remember: these are just headcanons, non of stuff i wrote hear is canon,its just my interpretation, just keep in mind

Lou (Louis) Hence- American/Italian maybe some german/french blood

Lilly Hence/?- Afroamerican woman

Cole in conclusiom- 3/4 american, 1/4 italian, afroamerican

Also asexual/homoromantic and color blind 😌

Edna Walker/?-Jewish woman

Ed Walker-American man

Liber Gordon/?- American woman

Cliff Gordon-American Man

Jay in conlusion- 100% american, white trans boi with ADHD

Misako Garmadon/?- japanese woman

Lord/Sensei Garmadon- 1/2 japanese, 1/2 chinese

Lloyd in conclusion- 3/4 japanese, 1/4 chinese (he's blondie after his grandfather aka god lol) hetero man but suportive ofc

Dr. Julien- french man

Zane in conclusion- ok listen, actually even tho he's kinda "coded" to be french (knows and speaks rly well in this language etc) he looks like afroamerican pall so

Also he's nonbinary! You can use any pronounce on him, but usually prefers he/him bc of kinda obvious reasons, but he doesn't feel like specific gender at all

Also he's autistic coded, but this is canon so yeah

Ray ???- Chinese man, yes his name seems pretty english, buut his looks both in his younger and older version says something else

Maya ???- arabic/hebrew woman, buut with heavily implayed chinese culture

Nya/Kai in conlusion-2/4 chinese, 1/4 arabic, 1/4 jewish

Kai is pansexual diseaster, meanwhile Nya is a biseaxual queen

Bonus:

Pixal is also nonbinary! She uses pronounces she/her but just like with Zane's case, she doesn't feel lile specific gender

Cyrus Borg- english man who's also gay

Ronin- literally nobody knows his nationality, not even himself, but heteroman

Morro- just like Ronin except he's asexual and aromantic demiboy

Harumi- ok listen, her father looks rly japanese, buut her mom honestly gives me german vibes, and this would makes sense, bc Harumi is blond, so all these genes and stuff

So yeah Harumi is 2/4 japanese, 2/4 german :3 also she's a lesbian

Skylor- Chen is obviously a chinese man, and at first i wasn't sure about her mom, bc her hair doesn't seems rly chinese at all, but then i noticed that Skylor has got her hair after Chen, so yeah, i guess she's just fully chinese at this point

Oh, also not sure about her sexuality, i see her both as hetero and lesbian, but not as a bi or pan so,,,

Dareth- american, hetero whatever, i don't care too much about him ngl

Acronix- ok darling you know that i love u but ur name is so godd damm weird and i have no idea what could be ur nationality, but i wanted to include u anyway so i just wanna say that this man is dumb bi trash

Wu- oh shit, i almost forget haha

Same for Garmadon lol

Korgran and Karloff- i like to think about them as Norvegian, or overall all from Scandinavia c:

Plundar- i just wanna say that just like acronix he has got too wierd ass name, but the only thing i kbiw about him is thats he's gay :)

Fungus- german boi :v also hetero

[medea10]

My Review of Tamako Market

How did I get into this anime? Let’s just say that there were several Kyoto Animation animes I’ve neglected to watch and after the horrific incident back in 2019, I wanted to at least see all of the major Kyoto Animation pieces. No matter if this looks like we’re in the same universe as K-ON!

Tamako Kitashirakawa is a normal, ditzy, moe-looking for a KyoAni anime, teenage girl! She comes from a family that owns a mochi shop inside this tight-knit shopping district. One day, Tamako was at the local flower shop and a bird flew into her face. While stuck to her face, she sneezes him off. And then, the bird spoke.

…

I think I’ll just cross off the theory that we’re in the same universe as K-ON! Give K-ON some credit as they didn’t have a talking bird.

So this bird is named Dera Mochimazzi. I will never pronounce anyone’s last name in this anime! Dera claims he’s royalty from some far-off land and says he is looking for a bride for his country’s prince. Although, it just falls to the waist-side (literally and figuratively) when Dera took up residence at Tamako’s home and gets addicted to eating mochi. I guess for the time being, Dera will be this anime’s adorable mascot. Aside from the misadventures of Dera the talking bird, we also follow this leading lady Tamako in her normal life. We get school stories, friend stories, stuff about her sister, stories surrounding the colorful folks in this shopping district, and mochi. Lots and lots of mochi!

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: Ah yes, another Sentai licensed anime. I actually watched the entire series dubbed and only the movie subbed. Aya Suzuki is perfection as Tamako with all of her bubbliness. As for the dub, is it just me or was Jay Hickman trying to act too much like Excalibur from Soul Eater? Was he trying to unleash his inner Troy Baker for this role? Aside from Hickman, there’s really nothing else extraordinary to say about the dub. I will give them credit for not casting Luci Christian and Monica Rial as any of these characters. Love them dearly, but give a little spotlight to some of the other voice actors they’ve got. This was fine for what it was. Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

JAPANESE CAST: *Tamako is played by Aya Suzaki (known for Mako on Kill la Kill, Kaede on Assassination Classroom, Takitsubo on Railgun, and Shouko on Happy Sugar Life)

*Dera is played by Takumi Yamazaki (known for Bansai on Gintama, Kayneth on Fate/Zero, and Jillas on Slayers Try)

*Mochizou is played by Atsuhi Tamaru

ENGLISH CAST: *Tamako is played by Margaret McDonald (known for Rikka on Chunibyo, Haruka on Little Busters, Sakura on Maid-sama, Risa on To Love Ru, Sachi on Maria Holic, and Harumi on Citrus)

*Dera is played by Jay Hickman (known for Jouichiro on Food Wars, Kurama on Elfen Lied, and Ryuuya on Air)

*Mochizou is played by Clint Bickham (known for Renji on ef – a tale of memories, Akihito on Beyond the Boundary, Haru on Tsuritama, Isami on Food Wars, Finland on Hetalia, and Mochizuki on Another)

SHIPPING: We’ve got a girl-next-door type of romance happening. Mochizou lives next door to Tamako and is infatuated with her. There are however a few little problems with this. The big problem is that Tamako and Mochizou’s fathers are business enemies. They both sell mochi, they live across from each other, and they have kids that are friends. It’s almost Romeo and Juliet except Tamako seems oblivious when it comes to Mochizou’s advances. Or Romeo here has a brain-fart and forgets vital things he wants to do for Tamako. Like episode one, he forgets to give her a present for her birthday. I will let him off the hook for this because dude already buys her a present and has plans and everything. But because Tamako’s birthday is on New Years and both kids work on New Years to help their families, things like this can be forgotten. So again, I can’t hate on our by Mochizou. His heart was in the right place, but his brain couldn’t catch up.

Halfway into this series, I shook my head thinking these two will never hookup. Tamako’s baby sister had more of a chance with her crush and he moved away.

Then again, this was all from the series. The movie got really deep with the Mochizou x Tamako ship that so much in Tamako changes. The movie kinda drops a ball on us so I’ll talk about it down below due to spoilery things.

ENDING: So it seems like this series moves quite fast calendar wise and the episodes seem to be like a problem of the day kind of thing. Like there will be an episode about Valentine’s Day, an episode where Dera goes on a diet, an episode with a festival, and so on. But along the way we do get a few cute moments like when Shiroi opens up to Tamako and her friends or when Tamako’s father remembers his wife through song. And let’s not forget that halfway into the series, we’re introduced to Choi, someone who serves a prince (like Dera). She really doesn’t do much to move this plot along for a while and is only there to stay with Tamako’s family and keep Dera on a short leash. But then at the end of episode 10, Choi makes a rash decision.

By this point in the series you might be wondering if Mochizou’s mochi balls are going to drop and he asks Tamako out. Well that might not happen just yet as Choi has set sights on Tamako to be the bride for the prince she serves under. But Tamako has no interest in becoming the prince’s bride. In fact, Tamako was more excited about winning a medal than learning she might get engaged to a prince of a far-off land. Add to that, the entire shopping district is excited for Tamako to become a prince’s bride. Everyone except for Tamako’s father! He got mad, stinkin’ drunk. And as for Mochizou, he’s just a sad sack. So no mochi balls dropping for this lad! Tamako did get a chance to meet the prince through Dera’s communication for a second. But once the prince landed in Tokyo, he ends up in the shopping district and meeting Tamako up close. Everyone in the shopping district was happy for Tamako and excited that this is happening. There are just two big things!

One, Tamako is too attached to her home and the people around it to ever leave them to go marry a prince from a far-off land. And two, there was a misunderstanding on Dera’s part where the prince has said that Tamako is not going to be his bride.

Choi and the prince end up leaving to return home. Dera on the other hand decides to stick around at least until New Years. Dera, being the little hammy-bird he is tries to make a graceful exit without saying goodbye to Tamako. He leaves Tamako without a word, but in same Dera fashion, he falls asleep in a pile of flowers and ends up inside a box. Turns out that box of flowers is going straight back to Tamako. Mochizou actually remembered Tamako’s birthday this year and gave her a box of flowers for the occasion.

When she opened it, there’s Dera! Don’t worry, Dera eventually goes back home with the prince and Choi. We just don’t actually see it here.

TAMAKO LOVE STORY: Now that Tamako, Mochizou, and the rest are all in their third years of high school, the thought of what they’re going to do with their lives hits. Like is Midori going to take over her grandfather’s toy shop in the district? Is Kanna going to do something carpentry related? Is Tamako going to continue working in her father’s mochi shop? Well, the story focuses on two things. One is a competition that Kanna gets interested in that involves the girls of the baton club. And the second, Mochizou’s decision to go to college in Tokyo to work on films.

Obviously, that’s the big story in this movie. Mochizou is madly in love with Tamako and they’ve known each other since they were babies. It’s just that he’s never made his feelings to Tamako known to her until he reveals his decision to leave town. After that, the once mochi-loving ditz we’ve grown to love these past 12 episodes changes. This is the first time we see Tamako feeling this way and it’s unknown what she’ll do. Is this the moment where she bails on her family’s mochi shop and go to Tokyo with Mochizou? After being told she’s loved by Mochizou, she goes through a lot of emotions. She’s distant, spacier than normal, avoiding mochi, and avoiding Mochizou. It wasn’t until she gets a nudge from her friend Midori to go to Mochizou before he leaves for Japan.

And right there, along with her handmade cup phones, she tells Mochizou that she loves him.

We end the movie with kind of a video that I assume was made by Mochizou and that’s how Tamako Market ends. I guess these two are a couple. Not sure if Mochizou stays in the district with Tamako and his family or if Tamako ditches her family and moves to Tokyo to be with Mochizou. I guess it’s one of those leave it up to your imaginations.

So…The anime was just okay. The series I mean! Love Story was almost at peak KyoAni perfection. Seriously, look at the animation here. The backgrounds are freakin’ gorgeous. And after watching the series and the movie, it almost felt as though they were two separate animes. Dera, Choi, and the prince were only shown in pictures at the record shop, one second near the end, and that short before the motion picture. Take all of those out and you’ve got something solid. I mean let’s face it, Tamako Market was fluff on the same level as watching K-ON or Lucky Star. You’ve got a variety of random crap happening throughout the span of one year except this series has the great fortune to have an annoying, talking bird. I don’t want to dunk on the series that bad, it was cute. But the winner with me was definitely Tamako Love Story.

We see Tamako and Mochizou express a vast variety of emotions that we never saw in the series. Especially, Tamako! She was always this ditzy girl with a love for mochi. And Mochizou was seen as that dope that’ll never get his shit together and tell Tamako how he feels. He always forgets her birthday, what makes you think he was going to get his shit together? But then Mochizou grows a pair and tells Tamako he’s leaving town and that he loves her and you see Tamako change. She’s not sure what to think anymore. She even goes through a phase where she can’t be around mochi. But I suppose we needed the silly fluff with the television series. After all, it’s not just Tamako, but all of the people who live in that shopping district. And I suppose Dera was a fun mascot character. If you want that cuteness, watch Tamako Market. But if you want a more romantic-driven story, definitely check out the sequel movie Tamako Love Story.

If you would like to watch Tamako Market, Hidive has all 12 episodes and the movie available for streaming.

Now then, what’s next on my Sentai Filmworks list?

Redo of He…

Choose your next words wisely.

Well Medea, do you love anime that’s directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara?

Oh dear God. What fresh hell did I miss from that iconic enigma? And is it crazier than kappas eating people’s asses?

Okay Penguindrum…please do not contain penguins eating people’s asses.

[evil-lloyd]

Found this old draft I wrote about my AU with my oc. Idk if I still like that oc or not but I thought it was pretty well written so I decided to share it with y’all. (Includes Oc/Lloyd ship)

Note: My oc was sealed away for 300 years in a magical dimension but time moves incredibly slowly there so she is roughly the same age as Lloyd. Also she tends to ask Zane questions on everything since he seems to know so much,and Zane is happy to help.

Also I don’t hate Kai by any means,he’s just protective over his lil bro and doesn’t want him to get hurt 💖

Also also idek remember most of the story of my character so

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“Lloyd.”

Lloyd doesn’t look up from his task,he continues to dry the dishes. Kai knows he hates dish duty,that really he’s doing it so he can avoid Kai without making it look obvious.

But he can’t hide from Kai. He knows him too well after all.

“Lloyd.” Kai tries again. “You can ignore me all you want,but we both know what’s happening. I may not be the best at maths or science,but I know a thing or two about love.”

Lloyd straightens his back. “I’m not ignoring you Kai. I’m just doing the dishes.” He says in with a false calmness to his voice. He must have got it from Zane Kai muses,after all something’s bound to rub off on him considering how long he’s spent around the ninja.

“Well can you pause your dish duty and talk to me?” He doesn’t point out how Lloyd skimmed over everything else. He didn’t deny anything either.

It’s worse than he thought.

“Fine.” Lloyd turns around and wipes his wet hands on the apron around his waist. “What exactly is the issue here?”

“The issue,” Kai starts “is that you’ve been spending more and more time with that... thing.” (Thing? Girl? Kai isn’t sure what it is regardless of its feminine appearance)

Lloyd crosses his arms. “First of all- it’s not a Thing. It’s a she. She’s a girl Kai,as human as I am. Secondly- Of course I’m spending time with her. I have a limited amount of time to convince her not to obliterate our world. Its world saving stuff.”

“Uh huh. World saving stuff? Well Mister World Saver,if you really are putting yourself under so much strain to convince her,then why don’t we try to find a way to defeat her in the meantime? Maybe you won’t have to convince her at all and we can just seal her away again.”

Something twitches in Lloyd’s faux cool expression. Anger he thinks.

“Why? So she can rot alone for another 300 years until some other guy comes along and frees her again. Except this time there’s no chance of reformation because last time she agreed to something of that nature she got betrayed and locked away?!” Lloyd’s voice raises on the last few words and they both pause to check out to the living area.

The team had decided to all play video games in the living area. Currently Jay and Cole we’re competing in some fighting game. The rest were situated on the couches,Nya cheering Jay on from the armrest beside him and Zane sitting on a nearby sofa next to the Girl. He’s explaining something to her in a hushed tone,both of them staring at the screen in front of them. The girl in question looks focused,nodding every once in a while. Pixal,who is sitting on the seat beside Zane seems to chime in every once in a while. Kai takes note of how Lloyd’s eyes linger on Her for a moment longer than the others and how they soften slightly before they return to look at him.

“Why are you being so cruel?” Lloyd hisses. Kai reels back.

“Cruel?” He hisses back. “Cruel?! I’m only trying to protect you from the heartbreak Lloyd because that-“ he gestures to where She sits “can’t love. Maybe it’ll say it does,to gain your trust long enough so it can carry out its plan-“

“What plan Kai?!” Lloyd looks pissed now. “If you didn’t realize it,she doesn’t need a plan to stop us. She could kill us all if she wanted to and you know it. You act as if I’ve never been blinded by love before,it was my heart harumi broke. Not yours.”

“How do you know that?Did you even try? Or did you just make some stupid deal like you could really convince something that’s literally made of darkness that the world isn’t that bad and it’ll just... oh I don’t know,agree?!”

“For the last time Kai. She’s not an It. She’s a she. She’s half human. She’s still a person with a history,with emotions and ideas and beliefs. You seem to forget that my father is the Evil Lord Garmadon. By your logic I guess I’m an ‘it’ too!”

Kai throws his hands up in the air. “That literally doesn’t make sense! Garmadon is not the same as literal Darkness! And that’s besides the point anyways,my point is-

“Save it Kai. Nothing you can say will change my mind. She deserves the right to experience the world. “ Lloyd looks to the side and sighs. “Just...give her a chance..please?”

Kai stares at him for a few seconds before looking back out into the living room. This could go horribly wrong. That thing could betray them all and destroy the world..but at the same time if Lloyd’s right and they seal her away again then..

Kai sighs. “Fine. But the moment I get even an inkling that things are going to go wrong I’m taking action. Got it?”

Lloyd smiles gently. Kai knows he hates arguing with anyone in the team. “Thanks Kai”

[spin-in-time]

HELLO YOU GORGEOUS BEING ❤️❤️!! For the Ninjago ask meme, may I ask Cole, Jay, Lloyd, Nya and Harumi, pretty please? Only if you want, ofc. STAY AMAZING BRO!!

MY BRO THANK YOU FOR ASKING, YOU ARE A TREASURE. And I apologize to everyone who has to scroll past this long mess.

Cole - (1)What is your comfort food? (2)Do you work out? (3)What’s something your parents love that you hate? (4)Cake or pie? (5)Dancing or singing?

(1)Well, since recently fucking fried noodles, apparently. But no, I wouldn´t say I have one?? Oh, and that one soup thing I always get from the store, with the shell noodles and the ham and carrots! (2)No, unfortunately. (3)The only thing I can think of is that my mom is really into beach stuff and the marine aesthetic and all, which is also why we live near the coast, but I don´t really... love it, I don´t know, I just don´t think seagulls are aesthetic wtf get that shit outta here. (4)To me, the word pie has such american connotations. I do like cake! Although it can be too sweet and I like to eat more of the cake that you put in the oven, whatever tf it´s called. (5)I would LOVE dancing. But I don´t.... do it. Except for that stuff you do alone in your room ofc. But since I do not dance, I have to say singing. I mean, I REALLY love to sing, so!

Jay - (1)What’s a really good joke you’ve heard? (2)Do you have a favorite video game? (3)Do you like or hate thunderstorms?

(1)LOOK, ALL THE JOKES I CAN THINK OF RN ARE GERMAN, UGHHH. So if anyone wants to, I got plenty of that xD. And like most people in this generation, I find other forms of humor a lot more appealing. Though if you give me the chance, I WILL make a bad pun, which - you know. (2) OH, DO I! Do I?? I have tons!! A few would be Lego Dimensions, Lego City Undercover, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, WindWaker... I could just play these for hours! (3) I LOVE THEM SO SO MUCH. SERIOUSLY. Especially when it rains and you´re outside and you feel the cool drops on your face and you hear the thunder and.... oh god, I love it so much...

Lloyd - (1)Do you prefer to be the leader or a follower? (2)What were your middle school years like? (3)Dark or light green? (4)Introvert or extrovert?

(1)That seriously depends. In general a follower, but if it´s a topic I genuinely care about or an aspect i think is important or also something where I know I´m actually good, then I do not hesitate to speak up. Mostly. (2)Ah yeah, middle school doesn´t fly, so Imma go with Mittelstufe which is 7th to 9th grade (although I have been at the same school since 5th grade). Imma go with social sense here since my mind stuff was genuinely fucked up. I went from a period of no friends to kinda sorta having friends again. And grades don´t matter, but they were very good I guess, idc, but the second half was when I stopped being good at doing homework, even though no teacher noticed yet. (3)Dark. (4)I am so genuinely fucked up in my ways that I have literally no idea what I am doing because that´s me and what I do because of habits of unknowingly faking a personality and what I do simply out of insecurities. I hope to find out one day.

Nya - (1)Do you know how to swim? (2)Dark chocolate or white chocolate? (3)Antique or new things? (4)Black leather or brown leather?

(1)Yes. I used to be pretty good actually, but I haven´t swum in a long time now. (2)Dark, but not too bitter! Mixed with white is okay, but not just whitem it´s meh. (3)Honestly, both can be very cool in my opinion!! (4)I don´t have opinions on leather, since I own nothing that´s made of it, but probably brown! Like, a dark one, oh yes!

Harumi - What’s your favorite gemstone? Do you like makeup? How do you respond to being under pressure?

(1)I - don´t have one. Like, truth be told. Probably sth green. (2)I don´t use it, but I plan to! Not much, just eyeliner or sth becuase it´s real pretty. But in general, I´m not that big of a fan because I hate not being able to really touch my face and all, I like it when it feels more comfortable and clean. (3)I don´t

Again, my apologies, but thank you for asking, bro x3

[ninjagotohell]

Doodles based off an rp (that I do with my sister @harumi-best-girl ) which is based off season 4 (tournament of elements). Well, actually, this rp is REALLY old, but we got back into Ninjago and remembered how fun it was so we started it up again with Chen making a season two of Total Elemental Island (that’s what it’s called lol the rp was like if season 4 was fun and an actual show, more complicated but whatever) except this second season of Total Elemental Island also includes non-elemental masters. Some stuff is changed about the characters like Neuro is called Nerdo and has a different personality, Karloff is called Karkroff for some reason, Turner is Sonic the Hedgehog while Shade is Shadow the Hedgehog, there is one OC as well as a human form of Mangle (human form as in she’s literally a mangled human body that is somehow alive and screeches). Those are all from the rp’s season one but they joined the second season too. Yeah we kinda went wild with the characters. The smoke guy was Ash Ketchum but he died of sadness in like the first challenge cuz they killed Pikachu.

WELL I DIDNT MEAN TO GO ON FOR SO LONG, I was gonna talk about it more with OTHER doodles lol. HoPe YaLl EnJoY